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Orion Engineered Carbons to expand production of hard carbon black in Louisiana

Orion Engineered Carbons S.A. (Luxembourg) announced that next year the company will invest to convert a reactor line at its plant in Ivanhoe, La., from manufacturing soft carbon black to producing hard carbon black, commonly used in tire treads.  “With…

Fluor JV to install new grinding mill at copper and gold mining project in Indonesia

Fluor Corp. (Irving, Tex.) announced that its joint venture with Petrosea – Fluor Petrosea Joint Organization (FPJO) – has been selected by PT Freeport Indonesia to install a new grinding mill at its Grasberg copper and gold mining district in…

Solvay and 9T Labs collaborate to scale up additive manufacturing of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics

Solvay S.A. (Brussels, Belgium)  is working with advanced manufacturing solution OEM 9T Labs AG (Zürich, Switzerland) to help bring additively manufactured carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) parts to mass production.  The joint effort enables 9TLabs’ innovative additive manufacturing technology to produce…

Flint Hills Resources transfers its propylene business to Invista

Flint Hills Resources, LLC (Wichita, Kan.) will transfer its propylene business to Invista (Wichita, Kan.)  with an anticipated effective date of Jan. 1, 2022. The move includes the Flint Hills Resources Houston and Longview, Texas, chemical facilities and support employees.…

Arxada to merge with microbial-control specialist Troy Corp.

Arxada (Basel, Switzerland) and Troy Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.), a global leader in microbial control solutions and performance additives, announced that they have entered into an agreement to combine the two companies. This agreement represents the first strategic deal by…

DuPont to divest significant portion of Mobility & Materials segment

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.)  announced that it intends to divest a substantial portion of its Mobility & Materials segment. The Mobility & Materials segment is comprised of category-defining businesses with longstanding market-leading positions and differentiated products, technologies and capabilities to win…

Yokogawa acquires bioprocessing specialist Insilico Biotechnology

Yokogawa Electric Corp. (Tokyo) has acquired all shares of Insilico Biotechnology AG, a Stuttgart, Germany-based developer and provider of bioprocess software and services. Fostering the development of the bioeconomy is one of the priority issues within Yokogawa’s sustainability goals, and…

HollyFrontier completes acquisition of Shell’s Puget Sound Refinery

HollyFrontier Corp. (Dallas, Tex.) announced the completion of the previously announced acquisition of the Puget Sound Refinery, the on-site cogeneration facility and related logistics assets, from Equilon Enterprises LLC d/b/a Shell Oil Products US (Shell) for aggregate cash consideration of…

Nouryon to increase colloidal silica manufacturing plant in Wisconsin

Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) announced plans to expand production capacity at its Levasil colloidal silica manufacturing facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin, U.S., to meet increasing demand from the Construction and Packaging end-markets. Construction of the facility expansion in Green Bay,…

DuPont to acquire Rogers Corp. for $5.2 billion

DuPont (Wilmington, Del.) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Rogers Corp. (Chandler, Ariz.) for $5.2 billion. Rogers is a global leader in engineered materials and components, with unmatched application engineering expertise and leading positions in markets where its…